CHAP TER VII. 



LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, TRANSMIT- 

 TING A STATEMENT RESPECTING THE TARIFF DUTIES 

 AND CUSTOM-HOUSE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO 

 AMERICAN COTTON. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ) 



WASHINGTON, May 30, 1856. i 



SIR : In compliance with the resolution of the House of 

 Representatives of the 12th instant, " that the Secretary of 

 State he requested to communicate to this House, in tabular 

 form, such information as may be in^ possession of the Depart- 

 ment of State respecting the tariff duties and custom-house 

 regulations applicable to American cotton in the principal 

 commercial countries ; also, tabular- comparative statements 

 showing, 1st. The quantities of cotton exported from the 

 United States to the principal commercial countries, respect- 

 ively, and the aggregate ^amount of duties derived therefrom ; 

 2d. The quantities of cotton imported into Great Britain, 

 France, and Spain, respectively, and the countries whence 

 imported ; 3d. The quantities exported by Great Britain to all 

 countries, respectively ; and 4th. The quantities and values 

 of cotton manufactures and yarns exported from Great Britain 

 and the United States ; respectively, to all countries ; each of 

 these statements embracing a period of five years, from 1851 

 to 1855, both inclusive, or for so much of said period as au- 

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